Marc Bodnick
Marc Bodnick | |
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| Born | Marc Adam Bodnick 17 May 1969 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Stanford University |
| Known for | Co-founding Elevation Partners |
Marc Adam Bodnick (born May 17, 1969) is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, best known as a co-founder of Elevation Partners.
Education
[edit | edit source]Bodnick earned a bachelor's degree in government at Harvard University and a master's degree in political science at Stanford University.[1]
Employment
[edit | edit source]Bodnick is a founding principal of Silver Lake Partners.[1] He also worked at Blackstone Group and Kroll.[1] In 2003, he co-founded Elevation Partners, along with Bono and a number of Silicon Valley investors and executives. As Managing Director, he was credited with reversing the poor performance of the fund's first fund,[2] with a $210 million investment in Facebook and a $100 million investment in Yelp, Inc.[1][3][4] His sister-in-law, Sheryl Sandberg, was Chief Operating Officer of Facebook.[5]
Quora
[edit | edit source]In early 2011, Bodnick was recruited to lead the business and community team at Quora, a question-and-answer website founded by Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever, after becoming an early beta tester and contributor.[6] In May 2016, he announced that he was leaving his position at Quora.[7]
Telepath
[edit | edit source]After leaving Quora, Bodnick co-founded Telepath.com, an interest-based social network. Telepath was in private beta for a time,[8] but the website is no longer available since 2022.
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